My recent speeding ticket case in Hillsborough showed, yet again, that consent is not required for the state agents to act against your freedom, even though you are hurting no one. It even had a moment where a former police officer basically admitted knowing nothing about the constitution to which he supposedly swore an oath.
As reported here previously, the “City of Keene’s” smoke alarm case against me was recently in jeopardy of being dismissed as per the order of the Supreme Court. Now the have filed a five page memorandum of law explaining why RSA 606:10 V should not apply to their case. The Attorney General’s office has weighed in as well, with a boring 12-page filing on the same issue.
The filings argue that the RSA does not apply to civil cases and then they try to convince the Supreme Court that their matter is civil (though the district court files them as criminal…) so, they believe the case should move forward. The court has yet to issue an order on the matter. Stay tuned here to Free Keene for updates on this ongoing ridiculous case that the city people continue to fight with your tax dollars.
The “Planning, License, and Development” committee has “taken as informational” the suggestions from liberty activists that the council send a letter encouraging the legislature to decriminalize cannabis and also to repeal the paraphernalia ordinance. Citing “the children”, the committee ignored the factual, compassionate reasons given by advocates of freedom as to why they should not be arresting their neighbors for their personal, peaceful habits of drug use and instead bought the prohibitionist propaganda presented at the meeting hook, line, and sinker. Here’s an excellent article about the meeting by the Keene Sentinel’s Kyle Jarvis:
As states around the country pass laws decriminalizing small amounts or even legalizing marijuana, some residents want Keene to get onboard. But local police, community health leaders and city councilors aren’t convinced it’s the right move. (more…)
The NH Civil Liberties Union has run the numbers and found that across NH, blacks are 2.6 times more likely than whites to be arrested for cannabis possession. That’s a pretty serious indictment about a pervasive institutional racism present among NH police. (I’m not saying all cops are racist. Betcha some of them are, though.)
It gets worse, though. Cheshire county is far-and-away the worst place of all the counties in NH. Law enforcement officers here are nearly TEN TIMES more likely to arrest blacks than whites for cannabis possession. That’s just…stunning.
My recent speeding ticket case in Hillsborough showed, yet again, that consent is not required for the state agents to act against your freedom, even though you are hurting no one. It even had a moment where a former police officer basically admitted knowing nothing about the constitution to which he supposedly swore an oath.![smokeDetector[1]](https://i0.wp.com/freekeene.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/smokeDetector11.jpg)
